Numbers 30:2

Words and speech Integrity The law

¹ And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

³ If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

⁴ And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
KJV: If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
WEB: When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
ASV: When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
DARBY: If a man vow a vow to Jehovah, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; according to all that hath gone out of his mouth shall he do.
BLB: If a man makes a vow to YHWH or swears an oath to bind by some binding obligation on his soul, he shall not break his word; according to all that proceeds out of his mouth, he shall do.

ÅB: Når en mann gjør Herren et løfte eller sverger en ed hvormed han forplikter seg til avhold i en eller annen ting, så skal han ikke bryte sitt ord; alt hva han har sagt, skal han gjøre.
OTB: Når en mann gir et løfte til Herren eller sverger en ed for å binde seg med et løfte, skal han ikke bryte sitt ord. Han må gjøre alt han har sagt.
B1930: Når en mann gjør Herren et løfte eller sverger en ed hvormed han forplikter sig til avhold i en eller annen ting, så skal han ikke bryte sitt ord; alt hvad han har sagt, skal han gjøre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 50:14
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
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Psalms 116:14
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
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Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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Ecclesiastes 5:4–5
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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Acts 23:12
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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Psalms 66:13–14
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
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Nahum 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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Acts 23:21
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
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